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Hi All,
for some reason, I don't have feature call "user initials and auto
correction"
for example, in the To: field , I be able to type first few character
and it will show the email to chose from.
I can't do it anymore, can anyone give me a help on this.

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Don't know what you're using for email, but in Office 2007, if you go to
tool-->options click on the email button and then the advanced email
options button. There's a check box for suggesting email users.

When you begin typing a name (or E-mail address) in Outlook's address fields
(To:, CC:, or BCC:), Outlook searches for matches in a "nickname" file. If
that file is corrupt or missing, you won't get any suggested names.

Look in C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook for files with a ".NK2" extension. The filename
should match the name of your E-mail profile (which defaults to "Outlook").
If the file is there, delete it (Outlook should create a new file, and begin
accumulating names again).

That feature is tied to the address cache. When you send an email, the
addresses are saved in a special cache that Outlook saves in a
specific file. Sometimes that file will get corrupted or deleted by
accident or if a new profile is used then a new cache is created.

There is also a separate but similar feature in Word that will allow
you to type a couple of initials or keywords that will Autofill with
the proper information. That data is stored in the default normal.dot
document, hidden and buried on your hard drive. If this file is
corrupted or deleted, all the presets that you created are also gone.

Let us know which feature in particular you are referring to and what
versions you are using. Doing so will allow us to better support your
issue.